title: The highly modified microcin peptide plantazolicin is associated with nematicidal activity of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42.
abstract: Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 has been shown to stimulate plant growth and to suppress the growth of plant pathogenic organisms including nematodes. However, the mechanism underlying its effect against nematodes remains unknown. In this study, we screened a random mutant library of B. amyloliquefaciens FZB42 generated by the mariner transposon TnYLB-1 and identified a mutant strain F5 with attenuated nematicidal activity. Reversible polymerase chain reaction revealed that three candidate genes RAMB_007470, yhdY, and prkA that were disrupted by the transposon in strain F5 potentially contributed to its decreased nematicidal activity. Bioassay of mutants impaired in the three candidate genes demonstrated that directed deletion of gene RBAM_007470 resulted in loss of nematicidal activity comparable with that of the F5 triple mutant. RBAM_007470 has been reported as being involved in biosynthesis of plantazolicin, a thiazole/oxazole-modified microcin with hitherto unknown function. Electrospray ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (ESI-TOF-MS) analyses of surface extracts revealed that plantazolicin bearing a molecular weight of 1,354 Da was present in wild-type B. amyloliquefaciens FZB42, but absent in the ΔRABM_007470 mutant. Furthermore, bioassay of the organic extract containing plantazolicin also showed a moderate nematicidal activity. We conclude that a novel gene RBAM_007470 and its related metabolite are involved in the antagonistic effect exerted by B. amyloliquefaciens FZB42 against nematodes.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, and Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.
authors.forename: Zhongzhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Anto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Budiharjo
authors.forename: Pengfei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Borriss
authors.forename: Keqin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiaowei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity; D001407:Bacillus / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity; D001430:Bacteriocins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000633:toxicity; D001483:Base Sequence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009348:Nematoda / Q000187:drug effects; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D000969:Antinematodal Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001430:Bacteriocins; D009842:Oligopeptides; C560834:plantazolicin A; C020411:microcin